Straddling the domains of anthropology and gender studies, this unique book explores the conjunction of space and gender in the practices and discourses of femininity and sexuality. Drawing on her fieldwork, Seemanthini Niranjana demonstrates how socio-spatial considerations inform the bodily practices of women in a range of diurnal contexts. Eschewing a monographic format, the author weaves together conceptual and ethnographic narratives in order to elaborate a ...
